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ACC/Big Ten Challenge

Crappy Minnesota blew what was considered a gimme game for the Big Ten last night, making this an uphill battle for the Big Ten here. In the early going, Iowa and Northwestern looking good tonight. Iowa might be a tough out this year for the Hoosiers and Boilers. I pegged them as a pushover at the beginning of the year.

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I jinxed them. They blew their huge lead and are now down 4 with 4 to go against Wake. I hope they win. It looks like the B10 will get Ws from Northwestern and Ohio State tonight. Hopefully the Illini (sickens me to say that) beat UNC tonight.

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So I was thinking does anyone else think they should play the Big Ten/ACC challenge at two neutral sites over the course of a weekend? Wouldn't that make it feel more conference vs. conference?

Like you'd play 5 games at Conseco Fieldhouse and 6 games at the Bobcat's arena or something, paint the court with the conference logo and do it over the course of a Saturday and Sunday. Wouldn't that be awesome?

Re: ACC/Big Ten Challenge

So I was thinking does anyone else think they should play the Big Ten/ACC challenge at two neutral sites over the course of a weekend? Wouldn't that make it feel more conference vs. conference?

Like you'd play 5 games at Conseco Fieldhouse and 6 games at the Bobcat's arena or something, paint the court with the conference logo and do it over the course of a Saturday and Sunday. Wouldn't that be awesome?

I don't know, I kinda like it the way it is. ACC/Big Ten Challenge games are always big on campus. When I was at IU I remember we got Duke to play at Assembly Hall, and it was crazy. That was the year we had Kilingsworth and Monroe, and it is still to this day the coolest sporting event I've ever been to--and IU even lost the game. Killingsworth's dunk to put IU ahead in the second half nearly brought the house down, literally. I thought the balcony was going to fall down. Anyways, neutral sites get their love during conference tournaments and the NCAAs. On campus games like this are neat.

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I don't know, I kinda like it the way it is. ACC/Big Ten Challenge games are always big on campus. When I was at IU I remember we got Duke to play at Assembly Hall, and it was crazy. That was the year we had Kilingsworth and Monroe, and it is still to this day the coolest sporting event I've ever been to--and IU even lost the game. Killingsworth's dunk to put IU ahead in the second half nearly brought the house down, literally. I thought the balcony was going to fall down. Anyways, neutral sites get their love during conference tournaments and the NCAAs. On campus games like this are neat.

I attended that game as well. That one moment (Killingsworth's dunk) was, without a doubt, the loudest experience I've ever had at any sporting event.

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Creek's still coming back. The lift on his jumper is not all the way there and he's trying to overcompensate with arm movement and all his shots are coming off like shotput tosses. Need to keep run the pick and roll, BC is struggling like hell at defending that.